| shame | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. shame | a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt. |
| ~ feeling | the experiencing of affective and emotional states.; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" |
| ~ conscience | a feeling of shame when you do something immoral.; "he has no conscience about his cruelty" |
| ~ self-disgust, self-hatred | shame resulting from strong dislike of yourself or your actions. |
| ~ embarrassment | the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public. |
| n. (state) | 2. disgrace, ignominy, shame | a state of dishonor.; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison" |
| ~ dishonor, dishonour | a state of shame or disgrace.; "he was resigned to a life of dishonor" |
| ~ humiliation | state of disgrace or loss of self-respect. |
| ~ obloquy, opprobrium | state of disgrace resulting from public abuse. |
| ~ odium | state of disgrace resulting from detestable behavior. |
| ~ reproach | disgrace or shame.; "he brought reproach upon his family" |
| n. (event) | 3. pity, shame | an unfortunate development.; "it's a pity he couldn't do it" |
| ~ misfortune, bad luck | unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event. |
| v. (social) | 4. attaint, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, shame | bring shame or dishonor upon.; "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime" |
| ~ befoul, maculate, defile, foul | spot, stain, or pollute.; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it" |
| v. (social) | 5. shame | compel through a sense of shame.; "She shamed him into making amends" |
| ~ compel, obligate, oblige | force somebody to do something.; "We compel all students to fill out this form" |
| v. (emotion) | 6. shame | cause to be ashamed. |
| ~ arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses).; "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" |
| ~ discountenance | look with disfavor on.; "The republic soon discountenanced its few friends" |
| v. (competition) | 7. shame | surpass or beat by a wide margin. |
| ~ outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surpass, exceed, surmount | be or do something to a greater degree.; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class" |
| embarrass | | |
| v. (emotion) | 1. abash, embarrass | cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious. |
| ~ discomfit, discompose, untune, disconcert, upset | cause to lose one's composure. |
| ~ disconcert, flurry, confuse, put off | cause to feel embarrassment.; "The constant attention of the young man confused her" |
| v. (social) | 2. block, blockade, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy | hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of.; "His brother blocked him at every turn" |
| ~ stonewall | obstruct or hinder any discussion.; "Nixon stonewalled the Watergate investigation"; "When she doesn't like to face a problem, she simply stonewalls" |
| ~ foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, forbid | keep from happening or arising; make impossible.; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" |
| ~ filibuster | obstruct deliberately by delaying. |
| ~ check | block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey. |
| ~ hang | prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury. |
| ~ bottleneck | slow down or impede by creating an obstruction.; "His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system" |
| put off | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. defer, hold over, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table | hold back to a later time.; "let's postpone the exam" |
| ~ reschedule | assign a new time and place for an event.; "We had to reschedule the doctor's appointment" |
| ~ call off, cancel, scrub, scratch | postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled.; "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting--the chair is ill" |
| ~ delay | act later than planned, scheduled, or required.; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered" |
| ~ call | stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather.; "call a football game" |
| ~ hold | stop dealing with.; "hold all calls to the President's office while he is in a meeting" |
| ~ suspend | render temporarily ineffective.; "the prison sentence was suspended" |
| ~ probate | put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence. |
| ~ reprieve, respite | postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution. |
| v. (emotion) | 2. put off, turn off | cause to feel intense dislike or distaste. |
| ~ repel, repulse | be repellent to; cause aversion in. |
| v. (emotion) | 3. dishearten, put off | take away the enthusiasm of. |
| ~ discourage | deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged. |
| v. (emotion) | 4. confuse, disconcert, flurry, put off | cause to feel embarrassment.; "The constant attention of the young man confused her" |
| ~ befuddle, confound, bedevil, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw | be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly.; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher" |
| ~ fluster | cause to be nervous or upset. |
| ~ bother | make confused or perplexed or puzzled. |
| ~ distract, deflect | draw someone's attention away from something.; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors" |
| ~ abash, embarrass | cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious. |
| v. (communication) | 5. circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues).; "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" |
| ~ beg | dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted.; "beg the question"; "beg the point in the discussion" |
| ~ quibble | evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections. |
| ~ avoid | stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something.; "Her former friends now avoid her" |
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